Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (=) Phleum bertolonii DC.
• (=) Phleum pratense subsp. bertolonii (DC.) Bornm.
• (≡) Phleum pratense subsp. nodosum (L.) Domin
• (≡) Phleum pratense var. nodosum (L.) Huds.

Common names:

• small timothy  (Source: Zander ed17) - English
• smaller cat's-tail  (Source: F BritStace) - English
• turf timothy  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• fléole de Bertoloni  (Source: L Noms French ed7) - French
• fléole noueuse  (Source: L Noms French ed7) - French
• petite fléole  (Source: L Noms French ed7) - French
• knolliges Lieschgras  (Source: Zander ed17) - German
• fleole bulboso  (Source: Mult Glossary Crops) - Italian
• vildtimotej  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage (as Phleum bertolonii)
• Environmental: lawn/turf (a lawn grass fide M. Olesen, Seed Sci. Technol. 2:194-197. 1974, as P. bertolonii; Dict Gard (under "lawns"), as P. bertolonii)

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.), Morocco, Tunisia

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Iran (n.), Lebanon, Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation, [Dagestan] Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]
• SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia (s.)]
• MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan (w.)

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Ireland, Sweden, United Kingdom
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland
• EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Ukraine (incl. Krym)
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Romania, Slovenia
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France, Portugal, Spain


Cultivated (also cult.)

References:

1. Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource). URL: http://www.agroatlas.ru/en/content/related/Phleum_nodosum/ target='_blank'
2. Cafferty, S. et al. 2000. Typification of Linnaean plant names in the Poaceae (Gramineae). Taxon 49:254. Note: typifies Phleum nodosum L. on an element = to P. bertolonii DC.
3. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. Note: lists as Phleum nodosum auct.; = P. bertolonii DC.
4. Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7 Note: GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France
5. Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage Note: = Phleum bertolonii
6. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
7. Fedorov, A. A., ed. 1999-. Flora of Russia. The European part and bordering regions (Engl. transl.). Note: = Phleum pratense subsp. nodosum (L.) Arcang.
8. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Phleum bertolonii
9. International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
10. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. Note: = Phleum pratense subsp. nodosum (L.) Arcang.
11. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
12. Olesen, M. 1974. Identification of seeds of Phleum pratense L. and P. bertolonii DC. (P. nodosum L.) on the basis of morphological differences. Seed Sci. Technol. 2:194-197.
13. Sell, P. & G. Murrell. 1996-. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. Note: lists as Phleum nodosum auct.; = P. bertolonii DC.
14. Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles. Note: lists as Phleum nodosum auct.; = P. bertolonii DC.
15. Stewart, A. V. et al. 2009. Genomic and geographic origins of Timothy (Phleum sp.) based on ITS and chloroplast sequences. Molecular breeding of forage and turf 71-81.
16. Tanaka, T. et al. 2011. DNA profiling of seed parents and topcross tester and its application for yield improvement in Timothy (Phleum pratense L.). Crop Sci. (Madison) 51:616-620. Note: mentions
17. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Phleum bertolonii DC.
18. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: = Phleum pratense subsp. bertolonii (DC.) Bornm.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=410207. Accessed 1 July 2024.